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Page 56
One day the undersized organ grinder, her father, ran into us in the ravine and
told her: 'Let them be. Let them see what our half of the world has to put up with.
They may find it useful later on when they are students.' At first we always went in
a ...
One day the undersized organ grinder, her father, ran into us in the ravine and
told her: 'Let them be. Let them see what our half of the world has to put up with.
They may find it useful later on when they are students.' At first we always went in
a ...
Page 57
The organ grinder was listlessly turning the handle and scanning the windows
and balconies, waiting for the coppers in their twists of paper to start falling to the
ground. I ran out to him and he told me without ceasing to turn the handle: 'Mitya's
...
The organ grinder was listlessly turning the handle and scanning the windows
and balconies, waiting for the coppers in their twists of paper to start falling to the
ground. I ran out to him and he told me without ceasing to turn the handle: 'Mitya's
...
Page 59
He waited until the organ grinder turned up with his new parrot. He was wearing
a red scarf round his neck and his nose shone with vodka and joy. The hurdy-
gurdy played everything it knew: 'Yearning for the Fatherland', 'The Waves of the
...
He waited until the organ grinder turned up with his new parrot. He was wearing
a red scarf round his neck and his nose shone with vodka and joy. The hurdy-
gurdy played everything it knew: 'Yearning for the Fatherland', 'The Waves of the
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a life, Volume 1 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Harvill P., 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 227 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
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